Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. Gamergate has been viewed as contributing to the alt-right and other right-wing movements.
Gamergate
Harassment campaign
Gamergate or GamerGate was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in... Wikipedia
Start date: 2014
Status: no in-person attendance
Target: Women in the video game industry
Victims: Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others
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Sep 5, 2019 · GamerGate's gender politics have been sarcastically summed up as “boys don't like girls anywhere near their video games.” But for the most part, ...
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Mar 18, 2024 · There is a movement of gamers calling themselves Gamergate 2.0 responsible for violently harassing a small narrative consultant company, ...
Mar 14, 2024 · The group, founded January 29, also includes a Discord server that has acted as a fulcrum for hateful comments, transphobia, homophobia, racism, ...
Oct 14, 2014 · Gamergate is not about video games. It's a proxy war for far bigger cultural battles over inclusion and diversity.
Oct 13, 2014 · The movement has some interesting things to say about video game journalism — and far more misogynistic trolls.